Welding Apprentice

**Welding Apprentice**

Programme title: Engineering Technician Trades Apprenticeship

Level: 3

**Salary**: £14,791
Location: Rosyth, Scotland
Programme start date: September 2024

As well as learning all forms of welding, you’ll also gain some fabrication skills to enable you to manufacture items or repair structural parts of the naval fleet. You could be involved in manufacturing components in our factory one day, repairing the shipside of a warship the next or working on a submarine to ensure its watertight integrity.

**About the programme**

On our 4-year Engineering Technician Trades Apprenticeship, you will contribute to the design, manufacture, installation, operation or maintenance of systems on ships, submarines and infrastructure.

Following the support engineering trade route, your apprenticeship will cover a range of electrical, mechanical and construction skills. Working on a range of projects, you'll develop your engineering skills and knowledge with the scope to learn management techniques. Working closely with Senior Support Engineers and Production Managers, you'll make regular trips on-board the ships to ascertain work requirements.

**Your education/training**

This 4-year programme incorporates classroom learning plus on-the-job training. You'll study core engineering principles plus develop specialist skills in mechanical, electrical, fabrication, CNC machining or other fields.

Your whole first year will be spent at City College Plymouth learning the basics of engineering. In years 2 and 3 you will spend 1 day per week at college and 4 days per week in the dockyard at HM Naval Base Devonport.

In your fourth year, you will be based in the dockyard 5 days per week. You'll be fully immersed, working alongside professionals to solve real-world challenges.

Through rotations across departments, you'll grow a broad expertise in engineering and gain insight into our operations. We'll equip you with the technical know-how and behaviours to thrive in this vital role.

The culmination of the apprenticeship is passing the required End Point Assessment, which gains you your nationally recognised apprenticeship certificate as a Level 3 Engineering Technician.

**What you’ll need**
- Logical thinking and problem-solving aptitude
- Responsible approach to safety and quality assurance

**What you’ll get**

We will provide you with a supportive and engaging environment where you can grow your career.

In addition, you’ll benefit from:

- Fully funded qualification
- Personal development training and opportunities
- Minimum 28 days holiday allowance including bank holidays
- Competitive pension scheme
- Employee share scheme
- Flexible benefits including cycle to work scheme and employee shopping savings portal

You’ll also have the chance to get involved in our STEM outreach activities and volunteering opportunities, which our apprentices find incredibly rewarding.

**Your career development**

It’s hard to beat the variety of fantastic opportunities and business experiences you’ll receive. You can expect real world encounters and exposure to exciting projects that will really help you navigate where you want to take your career.

Plus, when you join us, you’ll be automatically enrolled onto our Apprentice Development Programme. Through a series of digital and face to face sessions, presented by wellbeing and performance experts and our external partners, we will equip you with the knowledge and tools you need to thrive and perform at your very best on your programme and beyond.

**Closing dates**

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent, Apprenticeship

**Salary**: £14,791.00-£27,106.00 per year

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person